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$\mu$SR measurements on Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ under $\langle 110 \rangle$ uniaxial stress

Superconductivity 2023-01-25 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Muon spin rotation/relaxation (μ\muSR) and polar Kerr effect measurements provide evidence for a time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) superconducting state in Sr2_2RuO4_4. However, the absence of a cusp in the superconducting transition temperature (TcT_{\rm c}) vs. stress and the absence of a resolvable specific heat anomaly at TRSB transition temperature (TTRSBT_{\rm TRSB}) under uniaxial stress challenge a hypothesis of TRSB superconductivity. Recent μ\muSR studies under pressure and with disorder indicate that the splitting between TcT_{\rm c} and TTRSBT_{\rm TRSB} occurs only when the structural tetragonal symmetry is broken. To further test such behavior, we measured TcT_\text{c} through susceptibility measurements, and TTRSBT_\text{TRSB} through μ\muSR, under uniaxial stress applied along a 110\langle 110 \rangle lattice direction. We have obtained preliminary evidence for suppression of TTRSBT_\text{TRSB} below TcT_\text{c}, at a rate much higher than the suppression rate of TcT_\text{c}.

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@article{arxiv.2301.06810,
  title  = {$\mu$SR measurements on Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ under $\langle 110 \rangle$ uniaxial stress},
  author = {Vadim Grinenko and Rajib Sarkar and Shreenanda Ghosh and Debarchan Das and Zurab Guguchia and Hubertus Luetkens and Ilya Shipulin and Aline Ramires and Naoki Kikugawa and Yoshiteru Maeno and Kousuke Ishida and Clifford W. Hicks and Hans-Henning Klauss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06810},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

9 pages, 4 figures and Appendix, accepted for publication in PRB